If there’s anyone who can make a dress like this work, it’s Lady Mary.

Michelle Dockery attends a photo call for her new movie “Non-Stop” in London in Erdem.

Erdem Resort 2014 Collection

This is, however, perhaps a bit too Lady Mary.

It’s pretty, but if you’re not bringing any sort of edge to the look then we’re not sure it’s worth attempting. Look at the way the model’s serving up style and attitude. Michelle’s probably not capable of the latter and she seems unprepared to serve up the former. Design-wise, the collar and cuffs are just way too precious for her to handle, and styling-wise, the black pumps really don’t do much. When you top it off with perfectly pretty-pretty hair and makeup, it’s just too twee and lady-like for our tastes.

I love this . Wish the bust was sitting a bit higher and the shoes had more interest . But sometimes a pretty girl in a pretty dress is all I need

Kate4queen

Looks like she borrowed Carson’s collar and cuffs. not a good choice imo.

@Biting Panda

I love the model’s shoes!!! Want. (When do I ever say that?)
Love the dress too. I wish there were no black strappy looking things at the shoulders. I’d prefer a cleaner look there.

To the BK who was reminded of Lady Mary in that last Emma post, Emma could rock this dress too, yes? : )

MilaXX

I like it on the model, but I dislike it on Michelle. On her I wish the cuff & collar was black and yet again I’m looking for a fierce shoe or at least a pop of color. A plum colored pump would have been more interesting. I love both the models shoes, but I can’t imagine Michelle wearing them.

mjude

girrrl you know I want the models shoes.

bertkeeter

As they say in England, a bit too twee!

acevedob

How is this Lady Mary? I can just hear her say: “Me? Absurd!”

kimmeister

The black belt is basically invisible. I would have liked it better in, say, the eggplant color of the dress.

I can scarcely believe I am saying this, because I am typically pro-belt all the way, but I think the belt is a problem for this dress no matter what color it is. Or maybe for her body in particular. But whatever it is, it makes her look bunched-up in the middle.

Sarah

The shoes are a lost opportunity for sure, but what’s bugging me is that the whole dress looks un-smooth. Like, not exactly wrinkly, but still in need of a steaming.

mjude

I went back to look & yes it is wrinkly. I kinda like the dress.

Sarah

Yeah, me too. I like just about anything embroidered.

makeityourself

Me too. My fabric stash will attest to that. I think it goes back to my childhood and memories of nicely ironed dresser scarves that we used in all of the bedrooms. A laughable concept today. I wonder if anyone working at West Elm has ever heard of a dresser scarf . . .

Sarah

OH, bless you for dresser scarf. I am literally typing one foot away from one, with my great-granny’s cross stitch of a fawn with greens and red posies.

Carrps

I’ve actually crocheted dresser scarves back n the day.

hughman

It’s never easy staging “The Crucible” at an all-girls school.

Shawn EH

One can never be TOO “Lady Mary!”

Jackie4g

I like her in twee. She is the perfect personality for twee. I don’t understand why everyone seems impatient with a little refinement. It’s not like being ladylike is common behavior on the red carpet. Seems to be the reverse. Let Michele Dockery be. She’s not the cutting edge type.

I think the sheer and the assymmetrical flowers are enough to sex it up, so the twee elements are sort of charming and definitely “in quotes” already. The model’s hairstyle just doesn’t suit the look; though I don’t know if Michelle beats the model, I do think it’s a tie.

Gerry Coleman

I feel like I write this in response to every Lady Mary post, but WHY WON’T SHE WEAR A BRA?????

MilaXX

Because she and her stylist keep pick dresses that aren’t designed for one.

Carleenml

it doesn’t really look like she has to.

kipper

I think its lovely

hmariec19

The model on the left – it’s like her eyes are boring into my soul. And they’re saying “I would literally kill you for a Big Mac right now.”

the dress looks ‘sad’. something about how the black underneath heads downwards, where it doesn’t on the model. i find i’m tired just looking at her in this dress.

KateMaryC

I don’t like how symmetrical it is. I want that front middle pattern off to the side a bit. It looks like a bib.

lunchcoma

I’d like it if it were hanging on a rack. I’m having difficulty imagining enjoying it on an actual person. There’s just so much going on.

sagecreek

God, do I hate that dress. No, don’t get me wrong — she looks as good in it as anyone could, but I just hate it. And I pray no one lets Michelle Williams buy it.

jworick

Haha. Totally. And keep Taylor Swift away from it. Twee as fuck.

lunchcoma

Oh dear. On Taylor it wouldn’t just be twee as fuck. It would be a twee as fuck miniskirt. Which means she’d buy it in a hot second.

demidaemon

I am so with you. It’s got a bit of Marchesa, a bit of “let’s glue all this shit to it.” NO.

Lulu

Hiddy. Too damn much going on and it’s all clashing with itself.

thecitysleeps

I love it. Sometimes, lady like is the way to go!

conniemd

She seems to wear Erdem a lot. She’d have looked better in the pants suit.

AceOn6

I owned that dress… in 1975

Rand Ortega

Was it Laura Ashley? If it didn’t have the mesh, that’s what it reminds me of.

Carrps

I had a lot of Laura Ashley dresses, but the one I had that most resembled this one was not LA, and it was not sheer. it was a forest green crepe with tiny embroidered red roses, and a white crepe color. It had short, puffed sleeves. Twee as fuck, but I thought I was adorable in it. Even wore it to a job interview once.

DeniseSchipani

I’m sincerely curious about this: why do models’ “style and attitude” so often translate into “bored and/or very pissed off”?

Tlazolteotl

I keep looking at the dress and mentally filling in Patsy Stone instead of Lady Mary. Such a precious look needs the Ab Fab sneer to balance it out. Maybe it’s just the model’s stance that’s making me think so.

decormaven

I just want to put a gold circle pin at the collar, and that’s wrong. Too twee for thee, Lady Mary.

Sara Brams-Miller

I wish she were wearing wine-colored shoes with this. In a snake skin or something. That would look awesome.

Tatiana Luján

I love the dress and like the shoes, but that suburban-mom haircut is boring.

jworick

But at least the collar matches the cuffs.

Rhonda Shore

someone else wore this, but i forgot who it was. It’s a bit busy for Mary.

brown-eyed girl

Very Princess Kate.

marlie

It’s pretty and ladylike, and SO Michelle Dockery, but it’s sort of an “of course” for her. Certainly, a pretty and put-together “of course,” though.

crash1212

If she switched out the shoes for something more edgy…see model choice…this would be perfect for her. Girl can’t help that she’s pretty. I love the hair and makeup….shoes need adjustment….tell Anna.

Lilyana_F

I think it’s more of a Keira dress, she’d edge it up a bit.

mrspeel2

From the tv ad for this movie, it looks like she really kicks some a** in Hot Shots. No more Ice Princess for Michelle!!